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Mexican pastry
Answer for the clue "Mexican pastry ", 8 letters:
empanada
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Word definitions for empanada in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1939, American English, from Spanish empanada , past participle adjective (fem.) of empanar "to roll and fry."
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of a variety of stuffed pastry found in Spanish and Latin American cuisine
Usage examples of empanada.
In the end, Nora had decided on stuffed Portobello mushrooms and empanadas with guacamole for appetizers.
When Marla dipped her two empanadas into the guacamole, Alonzo winked at me.
My next task was to arrange concentric circles of the empanadas and deviled eggs.
I think this explains a lot, not least my expanding sense of dismay as the waiter bombarded us with ecstatic descriptions of roulades, ratatouilles, empanadas, langostinos, tagliolinis, con-fits, filos, quenelles, and goodness knows what else.
I'll take the crispy calamari salad, and they'll both take the empanadas criollas de carne, gambas al ajillo, the valenciana paella, and side orders of the plantains.
The empanadas had been replaced with the main course, a bife de chorizo (the Argentine version of a New York strip steak) on a bed of spinach and mushrooms.